This is an account of my birding trips in the valley plus holidays birding abroad.

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Lewis and Carter Pike Match

Lewis and Carter sounds like the Bill today we are on an Esox thrill,the annual pike match produced Waxwings for Lewis as he unhooked a fish,while I shared the moment of seeing Mandarin duck also a Common Buzzard being mobbed by crows in sunshine,later the predicted rain arrived not before I had won the Elms pike match two years on the trot,catching 3 pike 2 at 6lb and 1 at 3lb while Paul was runner up at 6lb 6oz, a great day all fish returned unharmed.
Kingfishers seen in flight while great crested grebes displayed,8 hours produced a variety of birds and fish for two anglers out of eight.

About Me

I have been a local Naturalist and Ornithologist since the age of 13.
My boyhood was spent in Croxley Green where I searched for birds nests in the woodlands and river valleys.see colnevalleybirding.co.uk for more info.